And I will betroth you to Me forever. Yea, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies.

Strangers have eaten up his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there on him, yet he knows it not.

Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now I will gather them. And they began to be few, from the burden of the king of rulers.

Though they bring up their sons, yet I will make them childless, without a man. Yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Yea, though they bear, yet I will slay the beloved ones of their womb.